Friday, June 12, 2015

Deadline: July 31, 2015The Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda
Arts & Entertainment District announce “Paint the Town,” an initiative to
promote more public art murals in downtown Bethesda. The first public art
mural project organized by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is
the Capital Crescent Trail Retaining Wall located on Arlington Road, by Bradley
Boulevard and across from the Safeway grocery store.

The Capital Crescent Trail Retaining Wall is
more than 400 feet in length, and artists are encouraged to focus their
proposed mural on the 150-200 feet in the middle of the wall. The wall is
approximately 10 feet in height.

$15,000 will be provided
to the artist to pay for supplies and the artist’s time. The deadline to apply
is Friday, July 31, 2015. Interested
artists should visit www.bethesda.org
for more information and the application for consideration. The project
must be completed by Oct. 15, 2015.

The selected artist is required to use a
paint specific to outdoor and concrete use such as Keim, SherKryl, NovaColor by
Artex or Golden Artist Colors, etc. Artist are encouraged, but not
required, to consider the Capital Crescent Trail and nature aspects for the
area near the wall and may want their artwork to reflect natural elements,
trees or other plantings in designing their rendering. Artists must be 18 years
of age or older and residents of Washington, D.C., Maryland or Virginia.